Chemicals & chemical products / Chemicals, Equipment, & Lab Supplies

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology (LMM) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with Life Technologies Corporation, 3175 Staley Road, Grand Island, New York 14072 to procure the following chemicals, equipment, and lab supplies: 1) Cathode Buffer Container, #44082566, qty-6 each, 2) POP-7, #A26073, qty-24 each, 3) Anode Buffer Container, #4393927, qty-6 packs, 4) BigDye XTerminator Purification Kit, #4376484, qty-3 each, 5) Septa for 3500/3500, #4412614, qty-10 each, 6) Conditioning Reagent, 3500 Series, #4393718, qty-12 each, 7) BigDye Terminator Cycle Sequencing Kit, #4337457, qty-3 each, 8) MicroAmp Optical 96-well Reaction Plate, #4306737, qty-10 each, 9) 3500xL Genetic Analyzer 24-Capillary Array, #4404689, qty-8 each, 10) GeneAmp, N8080010, qty-10 each, 11) DNTP Mix, #4303442, qty-1 each, 12) Random Hexamer Primers, #N8080127, qty-30 each, 13) RNASE Inhibitor, #N8080119, qty-10 each, 14) Multiscribe Reverse Transcriptase, #4311235, qty-25 each, 15) 4 PK Cap A, #4340860, qty-1 each, 16) 4 PK Cap B, #4340861, qty-1 each, 17) CE Phosphoramidite, #401161, qty-1 each, and 18) Proflex Dual 96Well PCR System, #4484076, qty-1. This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition for Commercial Items.

Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. This will be awarded as a firm fixed price type of contract.

Delivery to Rockville, Maryland 20852 approximately 2 to 3 weeks after receipt of award.

The main focus of LMM scientist is murine (MuLV) and primate retroviruses (HIV, SIV, and HTLV) with the principal area research activity involving human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1). The lab requires the chemicals, equipment, and lab supplies to provide high volume SNA sequencing of all plasmids and PCR fragments produced by the LMM investigators as related to their respective research projects. The items are needed for ongoing experiments with the continuity of the chemicals and equipment must be maintained to ensure experimental results are not influenced by other variables. Failure to obtain the required items would result in the inability to perform experiments.

The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 only one source available, no substitutions possible. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS. All responsible sources who can provide the same chemicals, equipment and lab supplies may submit their capabilities in writing and must contain sufficient detail information that could be considered by email (subject line to reference NIAID-NOI-16-1804798) to Tonia Alexander at talexander@niaid.nih.gov, by 5:00 pm eastern standard time Thursday, September 8, 2016. All responses received by the closing date of this solicitation will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.